Victim of racist Ballarat attack wants to meet his attacker

20-year-old Matthew Carroll of Wendouree attacked Himanshu Goyal outside his Indian restaurant in Ballarat in June.

Mr Carroll pleaded guilty to two counts of recklessly causing serious injury and one of using insulting words in a public place. He was sentenced to six months jail wholly suspended and fined $8000.

In response to the sentence, Mr Goyal told ABC Radio Statewide Drive Victoria he does not want Mr Carroll to go to jail, but to be educated.

'The colour of blood is red everywhere. I want to see what colour has he got, is it different?'

'From where does this racism come? Who taught him racism?'

'It shouldn't have happened to me and I don't want this to happen to anyone else,' Mr Goyal said.

Mr Goyal said his mother in India was reduced to tears when she saw his injuries after the attack, but his family cannot afford to come from India to visit.

Since the attack Himanshu Goyal has sold his Ballarat restaurant and moved to another regional Victorian city where he is trying to move on with his life.

'I've set up a business with my heart and soul, I've had to sell it...don't you think it's ruined everything?'

The attack has made him distrustful of people around him, Mr Goyal said.

'Before I used to think that it was a free country, right. And now I'm scared, even if I go to Coles or any supermarket to buy any stuff, I'm scared to pay money to a counter. I see a person in a hoodie and I get scared.'

Himanshu says he would like to start another business in his new rural town, but is worried that if he opens an Indian restaurant, he will be putting his staff at risk.